Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 1 · Decided 2 January 2013
State of Gujarat & ANR. v. Honble MR. Justice R. A. Mehta (Retd) & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 1 · [2013] 1 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8814/2012
- Decided
- 2 January 2013
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, F.M. IBRAHIM KALIFULLA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 163, 166, 226
Headnote
Gujarat Lokayukta Act, 1986: s.3 - Appointment of Lokayukta - 'Consultation' - Connotation of - Primacy of opinion of Chief Justice of State - Held: Section 3 must be construed in the light of meaning given by courts to the word 'consultation' so as to give effect A provisions of the statute to make it operative and 0 workable - Statutory construction of provisions of the Act itself mandates primacy of opinion of the Chief Justice - In a situation where one of the consultees has primacy of opinion under the statute, either specifically contained in a
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